Advisory board - Reimagine Europa

Re-Imagine Europa’s Advisory Board is the most important body of the organisation, bringing together experts, policymakers and civil society representatives from across Europe on behalf of different sectors, disciplines and political perspectives.

The Advisory Board is crucial in developing Re-Imagine Europa’s long-term strategy and priorities.

Valéry Giscard d’Estaing †

President

Maria João Rodrigues

Chair of RIE's Advisory Board, President of FEPS, former Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of S&D Group (2014-19)

Brando Benifei

Member of the European Parliament, former President of Spinelli Group and Vice President of the European Movement International 

Elmar Brok

Former Member of the European Parliament and President of the Union European Federalists

Manuel Castells

Sociologist and former Minister of University of the Spanish Government

António Damásio

University Professor, David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Psychology, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California

Étienne Davignon

President of Friends of Europe and former Vice-President of the European Commission

Paolo De Castro

Member of the European Parliament, former Minister of Agriculture of Italy

Isidro Fainé Casas

Chairman of Criteria Caixa

Olivia Giscard d’Estaing

Re-Imagine Europa's Co-founder and Special Adviser

Caroline de Gruyter

Journalist and Author

Angel Gurría

Former Secretary-General of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Alain Lamassoure

Former Member of the European Parliament

Allan Larsson

Former Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission for the European Pillar of Social Rights

Enrico Letta

former National Secretary of the Italian Democratic Party, Founder of ‘Scuola di Politiche’ in Italy and former Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po in Paris

Antonio Loprieno

President of ALL European Academies (ALLEA)

Monica Maggioni

Journalist, Director of RAI’s television newscast ‘TG1’ and Former Chairman of RAI 

Irene Milleiro

Director of Ashoka Spain

Carlos Moedas

Mayor of Lisbon, former European Commissioner Research, Science and Innovation

Geoff Mulgan

Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London

Georgi Pirinski

Former Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria, former Deputy Prime Minister and former Member of the European Parliament

Hans-Gert Pöttering

Former Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, former President of the European Parliament

Dusan Sidjanski

Professor Emeritus - University of Geneva

Claus Haugaard Sørensen

Senior Advisor on Resilience, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, European Commission

Daría Tataj

Innovation Expert, Founder & CEO of Tataj Innovation

Nils Torvalds

Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of Renew Europe

Boris Zala

Director of Alexander Dubček´s International Forum, former Member of Slovak Parliament and former Member of the European Parliament 